create python environment in R Studio for ML class

python_in_R.R

# Set up environment for Python in R Studio

# install.packages("reticulate") # run only once
library(reticulate)

# create python environment
conda_create(envname = "mlclass", python_version = "3.9")
use_condaenv("mlclass")

# install packages
py_install(packages = c("numpy", "matplotlib", "pandas", "scikit-learn"))

# now open python script in R studio and execute commands from there 
# alternatively run python script from file:
source_python("script.py")